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VOLUME 53, ISSUE 29 Friday, Nov. 13, 1992 WSU's Susie Ennenga leads women's tennis team to another successful season. p. 10 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH r . - MGNPOST J Dances with Wildcats Spending $15.000 a second Social Security headed for disaster, author says By BRAD KENDRICK Staff writer of The Signpost Government entitlements to cover Medicaid and Social Security are projected to increase at 8 percent per year for the next five years, for a grand total of $800 billion, said Dorcas R. Hardy, former commissioner of Social Security and author of "Social Insecurity." Hardy spoke to Weber State University students at a business forum sponsored by the business and education student senators on Thursday. "As we sit here today, we will spend $15,000 a second on federal retirement programs, primarily Medicare and Social Security," Hardy said. Hardy said the new administration has a big job ahead, as they find ways to pay for all of the benefits that need to be paid to those who have paid into Social Security all their lives. "We are spending more on Social Security benefits alone than we are spending interest on the national debt," Hardy said. One of the problems is Americans are living longer than ever before and everyone seems to have this myth that Social Security is a savings account that they have been filling ever since their first paycheck. In an explanation of how the Social Security system works, Hardy said, "It's a pay as you go program." Retirees collect from the money that the present work force puts in on a monthly basis, and the cycle has turned into a big water wheel that, if not fixed, will someday quit working, she said. "It is a mythical surplus. The money that is earmarked for So-(See SECURITY on page 2) Arab-Israeli peace talks distilled at Open Hour By A.B. RUSSELL Staff writer of The Signpost Walter Etyan addressed an audience of about 60 people in the Wildcat Theater during Open Hour, distilling the essence of the Arab-Israeli peace talks. Etyan approached his discussion of the talks from an historical point of view as well as from the America n, Palestinian and Syrian angles. The peace ta 1 ks are an Ameri-can enterprise, Etyan said. The United States and the Soviet Union were responsible for initiating the talks. In large measure, the United States has taken responsibility for keeping them going, he said. "There has never been any agreement (between the Palestinians and the Israelis) without the involvement of a third party," he said. While theUnited States aims at impartiality, strict neutrality is not a reality, Etyan said. The statement that "all the (See TALKS on page 2) . ( : T I A y VS hi V V V .: " . " " - ""N n ' ;.f v $t v-- V t P ... f . .- s- p X ' CHUCK BOWHAYTHf SIGNPOST WEARING NATIVE AMERICAN apparel, Mike Begay entertains lunching students with a traditional Plains Indian dance at The Gallery during Thursday's That's Entertainment. Friday, Nov. 13 Accu-Wcalhcr forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures I Ogdenl 51 I ffl w1 I " yty I Salt Lake City 1 53 I . Provo 55 nev. cao. Moab lo7 Cedar City 57 ARlZ. N Town meeting voices desire for prayer change Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY More than 80 percent of those speaking during an electronic town meeting said they want Utah's Constitution changed to clarify the right to public prayer. The Utahns, who were in nine different locations and linked by the state's educational television network, were speaking to the Religious Liberty Committee at the University of Utah Wednesday. 'This is a marvelous, gratifying process," said Rep. Byron Harward, R-Provo. "We are hundreds of miles apart, and yet we communicate in the same meeting." The committee is deciding whether to recommend that the Legislature amend the consti tution, which now bans prayer at public meetings. Such an amendment must be passed by a two-thirds majority in the Legislature and a simple majority of the citizens. "I heard a strong concern for religious values," said Max Glen, executive minister for the Shared Ministry of Utah, one of 20 committee members appointed by legislative leaders. "But I also heard a lot of misinformation and saw a lot of fear." Many who spoke in favor of the revision talked about the United States' being founded on the right to exercise religious freedom, and they mentioned their pioneer ancestors and the need to teach children morals. "We try to give youth direction," said a Vernal woman. "And then we take away prayer." But others said there definitely should be a separation of church and state. "I taught school for 36 years in Pleasant Grove," said one man speaking in Orem. "I never heard anything but a Mormon, Christian prayer. Children begin to know it is the state church." An Ogden man said he was ridiculed and beaten up as a child because he didn't participate in prayers, instead obeying his parents. "Please don't allow my grandchildren to experience what I did," hesaid. "It is not a question of religion," said a Blanding woman. "It is a question of civil rights." The committee heard testimony from experts prior to the town meeting. Next, members will meet in a closed meeting to decide on recommendations to theLegislature. Stxws T-storms flan Flumes Sncw Ice Sunnv Pf. Ocudv Ckvifv Via Ashxhw Press GrrtcsN 01992 Accu-WMffwr. IrC InsidO Arts: Family Concert Series brings "1964" as the Beatles back to WSU. p. 7 ThQ Signpost Sports: WSU cross country prepares for Big SkyDistrict 7 Championships. P. 10

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VOLUME 53, ISSUE 29 Friday, Nov. 13, 1992 WSU's Susie Ennenga leads women's tennis team to another successful season. p. 10 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH r . - MGNPOST J Dances with Wildcats Spending $15.000 a second Social Security headed for disaster, author says By BRAD KENDRICK Staff writer of The Signpost Government entitlements to cover Medicaid and Social Security are projected to increase at 8 percent per year for the next five years, for a grand total of $800 billion, said Dorcas R. Hardy, former commissioner of Social Security and author of "Social Insecurity." Hardy spoke to Weber State University students at a business forum sponsored by the business and education student senators on Thursday. "As we sit here today, we will spend $15,000 a second on federal retirement programs, primarily Medicare and Social Security," Hardy said. Hardy said the new administration has a big job ahead, as they find ways to pay for all of the benefits that need to be paid to those who have paid into Social Security all their lives. "We are spending more on Social Security benefits alone than we are spending interest on the national debt," Hardy said. One of the problems is Americans are living longer than ever before and everyone seems to have this myth that Social Security is a savings account that they have been filling ever since their first paycheck. In an explanation of how the Social Security system works, Hardy said, "It's a pay as you go program." Retirees collect from the money that the present work force puts in on a monthly basis, and the cycle has turned into a big water wheel that, if not fixed, will someday quit working, she said. "It is a mythical surplus. The money that is earmarked for So-(See SECURITY on page 2) Arab-Israeli peace talks distilled at Open Hour By A.B. RUSSELL Staff writer of The Signpost Walter Etyan addressed an audience of about 60 people in the Wildcat Theater during Open Hour, distilling the essence of the Arab-Israeli peace talks. Etyan approached his discussion of the talks from an historical point of view as well as from the America n, Palestinian and Syrian angles. The peace ta 1 ks are an Ameri-can enterprise, Etyan said. The United States and the Soviet Union were responsible for initiating the talks. In large measure, the United States has taken responsibility for keeping them going, he said. "There has never been any agreement (between the Palestinians and the Israelis) without the involvement of a third party," he said. While theUnited States aims at impartiality, strict neutrality is not a reality, Etyan said. The statement that "all the (See TALKS on page 2) . ( : T I A y VS hi V V V .: " . " " - ""N n ' ;.f v $t v-- V t P ... f . .- s- p X ' CHUCK BOWHAYTHf SIGNPOST WEARING NATIVE AMERICAN apparel, Mike Begay entertains lunching students with a traditional Plains Indian dance at The Gallery during Thursday's That's Entertainment. Friday, Nov. 13 Accu-Wcalhcr forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures I Ogdenl 51 I ffl w1 I " yty I Salt Lake City 1 53 I . Provo 55 nev. cao. Moab lo7 Cedar City 57 ARlZ. N Town meeting voices desire for prayer change Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY More than 80 percent of those speaking during an electronic town meeting said they want Utah's Constitution changed to clarify the right to public prayer. The Utahns, who were in nine different locations and linked by the state's educational television network, were speaking to the Religious Liberty Committee at the University of Utah Wednesday. 'This is a marvelous, gratifying process," said Rep. Byron Harward, R-Provo. "We are hundreds of miles apart, and yet we communicate in the same meeting." The committee is deciding whether to recommend that the Legislature amend the consti tution, which now bans prayer at public meetings. Such an amendment must be passed by a two-thirds majority in the Legislature and a simple majority of the citizens. "I heard a strong concern for religious values," said Max Glen, executive minister for the Shared Ministry of Utah, one of 20 committee members appointed by legislative leaders. "But I also heard a lot of misinformation and saw a lot of fear." Many who spoke in favor of the revision talked about the United States' being founded on the right to exercise religious freedom, and they mentioned their pioneer ancestors and the need to teach children morals. "We try to give youth direction," said a Vernal woman. "And then we take away prayer." But others said there definitely should be a separation of church and state. "I taught school for 36 years in Pleasant Grove," said one man speaking in Orem. "I never heard anything but a Mormon, Christian prayer. Children begin to know it is the state church." An Ogden man said he was ridiculed and beaten up as a child because he didn't participate in prayers, instead obeying his parents. "Please don't allow my grandchildren to experience what I did," hesaid. "It is not a question of religion," said a Blanding woman. "It is a question of civil rights." The committee heard testimony from experts prior to the town meeting. Next, members will meet in a closed meeting to decide on recommendations to theLegislature. Stxws T-storms flan Flumes Sncw Ice Sunnv Pf. Ocudv Ckvifv Via Ashxhw Press GrrtcsN 01992 Accu-WMffwr. IrC InsidO Arts: Family Concert Series brings "1964" as the Beatles back to WSU. p. 7 ThQ Signpost Sports: WSU cross country prepares for Big SkyDistrict 7 Championships. P. 10